ISO/IEC 27001 certification readiness

Build your ISMS. Stay ready for certification.

C1Risk connects ISO/IEC 27001 scope, assets, risks, controls, policies, evidence, issues, and owners in one GRC environment, helping teams build the ISMS, prepare for certification, and maintain readiness for surveillance audits.

C1Risk ARCI model

Connect the entire ISMS through ARCI.

C1Risk links assets to risks, risks to controls, and controls to issues and corrective actions. That connected Asset, Risk, Control, Issue model gives teams the context to understand what is in scope, what could affect it, how risk is treated, what evidence supports the work, and where action is still required.

Published law-firm examples include Milbank for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance management, and Munger, Tolles & Olson for unified compliance, risk management, and third-party risk. Review C1Risk customer examples.

Evaluating ISO 27001 readiness for a law firm? Explore Legal GRC for law firms for the wider client-commitment and governance context.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022

Keep the management system moving.

Organize the work of establishing, operating, evaluating, and continually improving your ISMS in one governed environment.

04ContextScope and interested parties
05LeadershipPolicy and accountability
06PlanningRisk and objectives
07SupportResources and documentation
08OperationTreatment and control work
09EvaluationAudit and management review
10ImprovementCorrective action
Guided ISO 27001 readiness

Start with structure, not a blank page.

Use guided content, ISMS templates, connected control requirements, and evidence expectations to organize certification work and build documentation around the way your organization actually operates.

ISMS templates

Start policy and procedure development with structured documentation for the certification program.

Policies, procedures, records

Implementation guidance

Give control owners clear expectations for implementation, documentation, testing, and review.

Requirements, ownership, progress

Evidence expectations

Connect evidence requests and supporting records to the controls and requirements they address.

Evidence, testing, review

Statement of Applicability

Maintain control applicability, rationale, implementation status, ownership, and supporting context.

Applicability, rationale, status
Evidence and corrective action

Keep certification work moving.

Automate authorized evidence collection, organize proof for review, notify owners, track findings, and move corrective actions through governed workflows. Keep internal audit, management review, certification preparation, and subsequent surveillance readiness connected in the same environment.

C1Risk supports readiness and audit collaboration, while certification decisions remain with the independent certification body.

One-to-many control mapping

Reuse the work across your framework stack.

Map shared controls and evidence across ISO/IEC 27001 and related standards or regulations, reducing duplicate work while preserving each framework’s requirements, ownership, and audit trail.

Evidence support

Help organize evidence and relate it to the controls and requirements it supports.

Review preparation

Help assemble connected context and prepare materials for analyst review.

Governed follow-through

Support findings, actions, approvals, and decisions with accountable human oversight.

Auditor relationships

Move forward with the right certification partner.

When your organization is ready to pursue certification, C1Risk can help connect you with an auditor suited to your organization and certification goals. The auditor remains independent and responsible for the certification decision.

Ready for
the next step

Build the ISMS. Keep readiness moving.

See how C1Risk connects ARCI, guided content, evidence, corrective actions, framework mapping, and audit readiness in one GRC environment.